Arun
Jaitley had outlined a scheme of electoral bonds in
his budget speech on February 2, 2017. Now, exactly
11 months later, the notification of the scheme and
some details of it have finally been announced in a
Press Information Bureau release on January 2, 2018.

* This article was originally
published in the People's Democracy on January 14, 2018.

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